Change Management Articles

This is our series of change management articles designed to introduce some of the essential ideas of change management, and some ideas to stretch how we currently think about change. Whilst change has become a common part of the language of business, it remains a complex and uncertain path to take.

Yet paradoxically though a whole industry may have developed to promote ever more complex models for change management, there is much that is natural about change too - nothing stays the same!

Managing change, though, is no easy task, how we think about change impacts how we define it, and subsequently how we then manage change.
For example, it would be short sighted to apply the same change management models and techniques simply because they worked for one kind of change to another change project which may have very different characteristics.

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Change Management Articles

Define Change Management
How can we define change management in a way that helps us to better manage change?...

A Theory of Change Management: Planned or Emergent change
Much of the theory of change management is rooted in how change is understood. To understand where models of change might work best, and how theory can help change to be managed more effectively it's worth asking: how you do you think about change? ....

What is Change Management: Constant but not the Same?
What is change management? Whilst change might be constant it is not always the same. Different characteristics of change often call for different ways of managing change.But what characteristics of change might shape the way we decide to manage change?

A Definition of Change Management: 4 Principles to Shape Change
As an alternative definition of change management we suggest that managing change is much more than a set of processes and steps, it should be guided by principles that help shape change.

Change Management Model: A Strength-Based Approach to Change
Imagine a change management model which starts by affirming what is right in an organisation. Much of the change in our organisations would benefit greatly from starting from a strength-based position, rather than a deficit mind set of focusing on what is wrong.Here we investigate how appreciative inquiry can help change the way we manage change.

Change Management Models: Recognising Lewin's Contribution
Many of today's change management models owe much to Kurt Lewin. One of the first structured approaches to change it still has much to offer today.

8 Benefits of Change Management
What are the benefits of change management? To answer this you need to make some asumptions about how you manage change: for there to be benefits you have to manage change well! What are the crucial assumptions and what benefits could you then expect?

What Makes a Great Manager?
What makes a great manager? There are many different ways of answering this question but how many would include a reference to happiness? Ours does! We take the view that a key aspect of being a great manager is an awareness of the happiness and well-being of ourselves, and of the people we manage. In this article we outline the main themes of the Happy Manager site, and how we think they can help to answer the question: "what makes a great manager?"

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